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Title: War Witch (2012)
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| Rachel Mwanza | ... | Komona | |
| Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien | ... | Commandant Rebelle | |
| Serge Kanyinda | ... | Magicien | |
| Ralph Prosper | ... | Le Boucher | |
| Mizinga Mwinga | ... | Grand Tigre Royal | |
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Diane Uwamahoro | ... | Narration (voice) |
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Jean Kabuya | ... | Entraineur Camp École |
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Jupiter Bokondji | ... | Sorcier Tigre Royal |
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Starlette Mathata | ... | Mère de Komona |
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Alex Herabo | ... | Père de Komona |
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Dole Malalou | ... | Trafiquant Coltan |
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Karim Bamaraki | ... | Homme à la Moto |
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Sephora Françoise | ... | Mère de Boucher |
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Jonathan Kombe | ... | Gendarme Gentil |
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Marie Dilou | ... | Exorciseuse |
Komona, a girl in Sub-Saharan Africa, tells the story to her unborn child about her kidnapping by rebels and forced to join their bloody civil war. When she discovers a valuable intuition about the presence of the enemy, she is elevated as a witch and favored by the rebel leader. However, this special status threatens to be short-lived in this world of superstition and senseless brutality even as the ghosts of the war dead haunt her visions. However, when a newfound friend convinces her to desert, Komona finds escaping that brutal life is far from easy with its physical and spiritual consequences following her wherever she goes. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Rachel Mwanza is the war witch of the title, a twelve year old girl who is captured and turned into a child soldier by a violent rebel group fighting undefined government forces in an unnamed African country. Mwanza is quite good as Komona, a kid who has to grow up unnaturally fast. She becomes very proficient with an AK-47, and after surviving an ambush by the enemy, is given the name "war witch" by her leaders. She befriends a boy named the magician, and he looks like a young version of the former basketball player, Dennis Rodman, with platinum blond hair. The two fall in love and escape the rebel fighters, as the film shifts from a war drama to a love story for a brief time. Without giving away too much, there is no happy ending here, and ultimately the theme is just about survival at any cost. A ghost story aspect is part of the plot, a slight reminder of Toni Morrison's "Beloved", a similar mood is shared by the two movies. Rachel Mwanza makes "War Witch" worth it.